[At-Large] Election Call for ALAC Officers to serve from Dec 2010 to ICANN AGM 2011

[Cheryl Langdon-Orr]

Election Call for ALAC Officers to serve from  Dec 2010 to ICANN AGM 2011

*ALAC Officers Election Schedule November December 2010*


 *12 November 2010 Election Call  (sent to lists.)*

*26 November 2010 Deadline for Officer Nominations (to be sent to lists.)*

*28 November 2010 Chair to post to the public ALAC list an “election
summary” message (sent to lists.)*

*28 November – 10 December 2010 Nominations are discussed *

*3 December 2010 Deadline for Nominees to Accept their Nomination (sent to
lists and or as notified and recorded on the relevant Election Pages of th
At-Large Wiki.)*

*5 December 2010 Start of AGM *

*10-11 December 2010 Election of ALAC Officers*

*13 December 2010 Election Results announced*

*13 December 2010 New ALAC Officers take their seats *


 *Election Schedule with ROP Explanations*


 *12 November 2010 Election Call is sent by ALAC Chair *

ROP Article 9.1:

No earlier than one calendar month and no later than three weeks before the
beginning of an ICANN Meeting where an ALAC officer has to be elected, the
current Chair Chair of the ALAC will send to the public ALAC list an
“election call” message, listing the officers that are to be elected at that
ICANN Meeting, asking for nominations, and stating the deadline according to
the following paragraph 9.2.


 *26 November 2010 Deadline for Officer Nominations*

ROP Article 9.2:

The deadline for nominations for all open officer positions shall be 14
(fourteen) days after the date of the “election call”. Only delegates can
nominate or self-nominate, by posting a message to the public ALAC list.
Anyone who will or has a chance to meet eligibility requirements after the
next ICANN Annual General Meeting can be nominated; it is not necessary for
nominees to meet eligibility requirements at the moment of the nomination,
but, if elected, they will have to meet them before taking their seat.
Nominations of individuals who will not meet the eligibility requirements
after the closure of the next Annual General Meeting are invalid.


 *28 November 2010 Chair to post to the public ALAC list an “election
summary” message*

ROP 9.4

9.4 After the deadline for nomination acceptance has passed and either:

9.4.1 not less than seven (7) days before the opening of the ICANN Meeting,
if a regular election, or;

9.4.2 within seven (7) days from the end of the nomination acceptance
period, if a vacancy is being filled between Annual General Meetings the
Chair will post to the public ALAC list an “election summary” message. This
message will contain a summary of all valid nominations for any open
position. In the message, the Chair will also notify the day and time in
which the actual vote will happen; such day and time must be either:

9.4.3 For regular elections: between the beginning and the closure of the
ICANN Meeting, except when the Meeting is also the Annual General Meeting.
In this latter case, the date and time of the vote shall be within the first
48 (forty-eight) hours after the closure of the Annual General Meeting;
thus, the electorate will include the delegates whose term starts at the
closure of that Annual General Meeting, and will not include the former ALAC
members whose term ends at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, or:

9.4.4 Where a vacancy arises in mid-year: the electorate shall consist of
those delegates who are currently serving ALAC Members


 *28 November – 10 December 2010 Nominations are discussed *

ROP Article 9.5:

Nominations shall then be discussed on the public ALAC list, via instant
messaging services or by telephone, and/or at the physical ALAC meetings
during the ICANN Meetings, as applicable.


 *3 December 2010 Deadline for Nominees to Accept their Nomination*

ROP Article 9.3:

Nominations must be accepted by the nominee by sending a message of
acceptance to the public ALAC list (or to the person who nominated them, who
will then forward it to the public ALAC list, if they do not have posting
privileges to the public ALAC list at the time) by the deadline of 7 (seven)
days after the deadline for nominations. Nominations that are not accepted
are invalid.


 *5 December 2010 Start of AGM *


 *10-11 December 2010 Election of ALAC Officers*

ROP 9.4:

9.4.3 For regular elections: between the beginning and the closure of the
ICANN Meeting, except when the Meeting is also the Annual General Meeting.
In this latter case, the date and time of the vote shall be within the first
48 (forty-eight) hours after the closure of the Annual General Meeting;
thus, the electorate will include the delegates whose term starts at the
closure of that Annual General Meeting, and will not include the former ALAC
members whose term ends at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, or:

9.4.4 Where a vacancy arises in mid-year: the electorate shall consist of
those delegates who are currently serving ALAC Members


 ROP 9.6:

At the day and time of the vote, delegates will be provided (by staff or a
delegated disinterested third party) with a mechanism for voting that meets
the following requirements:

9.6.1 It allows for each delegate to cast their vote in a confidential
manner, so that no other delegate or officer shall know it;

9.6.2 It allows for delegates who are not physically present to cast their
vote remotely (also in advance of the day and time of the vote, if they are
unavailable at that moment

9.6.3 Each delegate can cast up to one preference for each open position,
picking among the list of validly nominated individuals published at rule
9.4. Votes for other individuals are considered equivalent to abstention.


 *13 December 2010 Election Results announced*


 *13 December 2010 New ALAC Officers take their seats at the end of the AGM*



Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)
ALAC Chair 2007-2010